Garment supporter



July28, l931 L. SCHWEIZER GARMENT SUPPORTER Filed Sept. 6, 1930 vwmtoz Patented July 28, 1931 UNITED STATES LILLY SCHWEIZER. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT SUPPORTER Application filed September This invention relates Ato a garment supporter and more particularly to a garment supporter including means for supporting hose.

The objects of the invention are to provide a garment having improved means for -supporting hose; to enable the elastic to be readily removed and replaced; to provide for convenient adjustment of the length of the elastic; to secure simplicity of construction and operation; and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following descriptio Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views;

Figure l is a perspective view of my invention in use;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a garment with a hose supporting means according to my invention;

Figure 3 is a similar elevation ofv a portion of the hose supporting means, showing the parts at the hose-engaging end in assembled position; and

Figure 4 is a side elevation of a portion of a garment of modified construction and showing a fragmentary portion of a hose supporting means.

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawing, the reference numeral l indicates a garment, here shown as a corset and having means 2 thereon for adjustably and removably receiving hose supporting means 3.

As here shown, the hose supporting means 3 comprises a strip of material, 4, which may be one integral piece if so desired, said strip being preferably doubled at its upper end, thereby forming a loop 5 by which the strip may be hung, and providing lower free ends which in use are adapted to be juxtaposed. One of said free ends provides means for both inter-engaging or securing said ends with respect to each other and also for engaging the hosiery. To this end, said means preferably includes a wire or other hasp 6 having a lower narrowing neck, the

upper end of the hasp 6 being carried in a hem or other supporting arrangement of 6, 1930. Serial No. 480,089:

the strip. An enlarged head or button 7 is provided to be wedgingly introduced in said hasp toward the lower end in such manner as to grip a marginal portion of the hosiery between the button and the hasp. 535 This button 7 may be carried from the same end of the strip as the hasp by a flexible member or tape 8, enabling the parts to be freely manipuiated in engaging or disy engaging the hosiery, but retaining thebutton in associated relationship so as not to be lost. The hasp 6, button A7 and tape 8 constitute one form of instrumentality commonly known as a fastener.

The other free end of the strip 4 carries a collar 9, here shown as ovalwith the end of the material looped around one side of the Oval, as by a hem, so as to obtain a permanent assembly of parts. The oval collar is of a size such that it will slip onto the free end of the hasp before the button -is applied thereto, and will thus secure the two ends of the strip together temporarily at will. Y

It will be observed that by the provision f5 of a hasp 6 of the particular type indicated, the same may be provided with a pinchedin upper end. On the inner edge of the oval collar opposed to the portion thereof upon which the strip is secured, are a pair of prongs l0, 10 these prongs being spaced properly to inter-fit with the hasp to overlie said pinched-in portions. Consequently the collar will be frictionally retained in as- .n sembled position as shown -in Figure 3, so as 35 not'to necessarily disengage the attachment of the -two ends of the strip from each other every time the device is disengaged from thev hose. Nevertheless, the collar may be removed from the hasp- Whenever found desirable and thus free the two ends of the strip at the will of the user.-

As indicated above, the strip of material is looped or doubledy at a mid partv thereof as at 5, and it is a feature of the present 'U5 invention to support said strip at the doubledA or looped portion thereof. 'The means is preferably a transverse support at a lower` portion of the garment over or throughl which the strip may be convenienti im,

ly Yloo ed. Furthermore the means provided is pre 'erably of such nature that adjustment of the strip longitudinally of itself may be effected. One suitable means is illustrated in Figure 2 more especially wherein a plurality of rings 11 are employed arranged substantially in a common plane in a vertical series and substantially edge to edge.A Loops of tape l2 or other means mount the rings permanently on the garment, the attaching loops being shown at opposite sides of the series of rings, said tapes being also shown as stitched to the garment. By this arrangement the rings are free at their upper and lower portions, thereby enabling the strip of material t to be passed behind and through the rings.

It is not to be understood that I conline myself to use of rings only as a supporting attachment for the strip ,42, and as another example of an appropriate means, I have shownV a plurality of parallel cross members 13 in Figure 1, arranged in a vertical series over any one of which the strip l may be looped. These cross members are shown stitched at their ends, as at lll, to the garments, and thereby permit the strip fl to be passed around and behind the members at the intermediate portions of the members. While it ispreferable to utilisV cross members in either construction shown which are at least semi-rigid, the construction may be otherwise in practice if more desirable. y

Again I may state that it is not compulsory to utilize a strip 4 of one integral .strip of material, it being a matter of preference with the manufacturer subject to dictations of demand and design. As shown, the strip is a single piece of elastic material, but use of all elastic is not necessary although perhaps preferable for certain advantages resulting therefrom. By use of all elastic, there is provided a double support for the hose, minimum, lif any slipping occurs where the elastic is looped over the support, opera-- tions in manufacture are Aminimized, the structure is simplified and removal and insertion in the supporting means Iis easily accomplished. V-

`Obviously other detail changes and modifications may be made in my invention with- .out departing from the spirit or scope of the invention, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact structure shown or described, except as set 'forth in the followingclaims when construed in the light of the prior art.Y

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

l. A hose support comprising a supporting strip having juxtaposed ends, one end having a hasp thereon, and the other end having a collar to engage with said hasp for securing theends together, said collar strip, and means on the other end of said strip interlocled with the first said fastener means and retained against disengagement therefrom when said lfastener means is closed.

3. A hose support comprising a supporting strip having juxtaposed ends, one end having a complete fastener thereon including a hasp, andthe other end having a` `coly lar toreceive said hasp therein for securing the ends together, whereby the ends may be prevented from separation by maintainingthe fastener closed.

el. A `hose support comprising a supporting strip having juxtaposed ends, one end having complete fastener thereon including a hasp asf'part thereof, and the other- .end having a collar to receive said i hasp therein for securing the ends together, said collar and hasp providing means for frictional inter-engagement for retaining the same in assembled relation.

5. In combination with a garment, a hose support comprising a doubled strip having inter-engaging means at the ends thereof, and a plurality of members attached at opposed portions to the garment for adjustably mounting the doubled part of the strip to said members between the attached portions thereof, thereby .enabling the strip tov be attached in adjusted position and at the same time be held to the garment by the lowermost member. Y

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand atNew York, in the county and State of New York, this 4th day of September, 1930.

Y. LILLY SCHVEIZER. 

